It will take a packet of money to pull it off. But with a little creative financing here, a slight redistribution there and a few tweaks elsewhere, the goal can be achieved.

But is the pain being distributed equally?

Here’s the problem: The project is predicated on acquiring land on which a church called Faith Deliverance Temple currently stands. The city has offered the congregation more than twice the amount of the property’s appraised value. But the congregation says that at the offered price, the church couldn’t relocate. It would have to close down.

The city is prepared to take the property by eminent domain, which is fully legal. But legal isn’t necessarily fair. And the United States isn’t just a nation of laws; it’s also a nation that aspires to justice for all. Legal and just don’t always come in the same package.

Market valuations often don’t reflect the value to the owner. The going rate for a pound of ham may be $4 or $5, but that’s not the value the pig places on it.

Faith Deliverance Temple should sell its property to the city. And the city should pay enough to allow the congregation to buy new land and rebuild in a location where it can continue its ministry to its current clientele. The general disruption caused by the forced move should also be appropriately compensated.

Clearly, something would be badly askew if Faith Deliverance Temple had to forfeit its collective life just so Major League Soccer might live.

Robert J. Ray, a risk-management consultant, is a member of the executive committee of the Interfaith Council of Central Florida.